unmarked and their names listed on the Kirkee (1914–18) Memorial. The Kirkee (1914-1918) Memorial is dedicated 735 Commonwealth service personnel who died in India in World War I and whose graves were in various locations where they could not be maintained, to the 629 whose remains were reburied within this cemetery in 1962 from Sewri Christian Cemetery, and to about 193 soldiers of East and West African origin who died during the period of 1939-1945 in various non-operational zones around the country. There is also the Kirkee (1939-1945) Memorial to 197 Commonwealth service personnel (excepting East and West African) who died in World War II and whose graves in other parts of India and in Pakistan are unmaintainable. Khadki also has two major Ordnance Factories - Ammunition Factory Khadki and High Explosives Factory. Station Workshop EME of Indian Army is also based in Range Hills. Range Hills area in Khadki is mostly occupied by defense service personals since most of the quarters of defense establishments are located in Range Hills. Demographics India census, Khadki had a population of 76,608. Males constitute 56% of the population and females 44%. Khadki has an average literacy rate of 80%, higher than the national average of 59.5%: male literacy is 85%, and female literacy is 74%. In Khadki, 11% of the population is under 6 years of age. Education The town has Symbiosis Institute of Management Studies (SIMS), at nearby Range Hills, Khadki has the following schools Kendriya Vidyalaya R.H.E St. Joseph's - one for Boys and another for Girls All Saints. Range Hills Secondary School, Range Hills S.V.S. High School, Khadki St. Thomas Public School, Khadki Station Allegoankar High School Tikaram Jagannath College Zakir Hussain Semi-English high school Garrison Children High School, Khadki Smt. C. K. Goyal Arts and Commerce College, Khadki Sports Khadki is also known as a bastion of hockey. Local Field Hockey and Association Football matches are held on the CAFVD Sports Stadium in front of the Khadki Railway Station on Old Mumbai-Pune Road. Notable people Field Marshall William Riddell Birdwood, 1st Baron Birdwood, Commander-in-Chief of India was born in 1865 Peter Hatch (born 1938), English cricketer Dhanraj Pillay (born 1968), retired Indian field hockey player and former captain of the Indian national team Sonalee Kulkarni (Born 1988), Marathi film actress See also Pune Cantonment Bhooj Adda Bengali Restaurant in Pune References Khadki Railway Station External links Kirkee war Cemetery